William beumble



(No Model.)

' W. B'RUMBLE.

GARIOOUPLING. No. 285,221. Patented Sept. 18, 1883.

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UNITED STATES WILLIAM BR-UMBLE, OF BALTIMORE, MARYLAND.

CAR-COUPLING.

SPECIFICATION formingpart of Letters Patent No. 285,221, dated September18, 1883.

Application filed August 11, 1883. (No model.) 7

1) all whom it may concern.-

. Be it known that I, WILLIAM BRUMBLE, of Baltimore, in the State ofMaryland, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Couplings forRailway-Oars, of which the following is a clear, full, and eXactdescription, reference being had to the accompanying drawings,making apart of this specification, in Which Figure 1 is a perspective view of acoupling IO device with my improvement attached. Fig. 2 is a plan viewof the coupling device with the upper portion of the draw-head removed.Fig. 3 shows the lever drawn to one side in the car to be coupled. Fig.4 is a view of the lei 5 ver detached.

' The object of my invention is to enable a party to raise or lower thecoupling-link to suit the car to be coupled, and to pass the link intothe draw-head without having to go between the cars; and it consists ofthe com-' bination of devices herein explained and claimed.

To enable others skilled in the art to make and use'my invention, I willproceed to de- 2 5 scribe the exact manner in which I have carried -itout.

In the drawings, A represents the drawhead; B, the coupling-link; C, thecouplingpin, and D the lever for operating and adjusting the draw-headand link to the car to be attached. The draw-head, link, and pin are allof the ordinary and well-known construction.

It is well known that when it becomes necessary to couple one car toanother the intermediate coupling-link already attached to and in placeon one car has to be adjusted to the other car, so as to conduct thelink into the draw-head of the car to be coupled; and to ac- 40complishthis purpose I have constructed the lever D, which I will nowproceed to describe. Ihe lever-arm a has its inner end bent back uponitself, as shown in Fig. 4, and the upper and lower portions are bentnear their centers in opposite directions to open a downward passagebetween them for the coupling-pin, as shown in Fig. 2. The lever-arm ais connected to the arm a by means of a hook and eye, as shown in Figs.1 and 3. The outer ends of the two arms are bent down at right angles,or nearly so, and may be weighted to hold the lever steadily in itsnormal position. These arms are loosely attached by staples or othersuitable means, so as to allow the lever to be drawn to one side, asshown in Fig. 3. This may become necessary when two cars are approachingto be coupled, and the lever on the car carrying the couplinglink needsonly to be used. It is evident thatthe drawing the lever to one side, soas to remove central por tion from the draw-head, does not cause thelever to interfere with the operations of the car, as the arm of thelever passes beneath the car-frame and out of the way.

The operation of my device is as follows:

The link being in position in one draw-head and the coupling-pin restingbetween the double or folded portion of the arm a, it is only necessaryto raise the outer bent portion of either of the arms in orderto raisethe link and also the draw-headwithin any limit which may be allowed foradjustment.

Having thus explained my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is

In combination with the draw-head,link, and pin of a coupling device forrailroad-cars, the lever D, constructed as described, and consisting ofthe arm a, with its folded or doubled portion, and the arm a, attachedthereto, sub stantially as herein described.

WILLIAM BRUMBLE Witnesses:

H. B. APPLEWHAITE, N. L. COLLA'MER.

